Houthi ballistic missile attack on Jazan · 20 April 2018
Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom
عام / قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخا باليستيا اطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
- Date
- 20 April 2018 · 4 Sha'ban 1439 AH
- Place
- Jazan
- Attacker
- Houthis
- Weapons
- Ballistic missile
- Outcome
- Intercepted
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Launched from
- Yemen
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdomعام / قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخا باليستيا اطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“Riyadh 04 Sha'ban 1439 AH corresponding to 20 April 2018 AD SPA The official spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen Forces Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that at exactly two minutes past ten in the morning today, Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces detected…”
- Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom.قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخا باليستيا اطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة. #واس (machine translation)
“Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom. https://t.co/keUPf8RNyl”
- Staff Colonel Turki al-Maliki: The missile was headed toward Jazan and was launched deliberately to target civilian and populated areas.العقيد الركن تركي المالكي : الصاروخ كان باتجاه مدينة #جازان وأطلق بطريقة مُتعمدة لاستهداف المناطق المدنية والآهلة بالسكان. #واس (machine translation)
“Staff Colonel Turki al-Maliki: The missile was headed toward Jazan and was launched deliberately to target civilian and populated areas.”
- Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdomقوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخا باليستيا اطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen Forces Colonel Turki al-Maliki stated that at exactly two minutes past ten in the morning today, Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces detected the launch of a ballistic missile by the Houthi militia…”
- Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom, at Jazan.قوات الدفاع الجوي الملكي السعودي تعترض صاروخاً باليستياً اطلقته الميليشيا الحوثية باتجاه المملكة على مدينة جازان. (machine translation)
“Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward the Kingdom at the city of Jazan. https://t.co/D2xcyZsd08”
- Saudi Arabia.. interception of a Houthi ballistic missile launched toward Jazanالسعودية.. اعتراض صاروخ باليستي حوثي أُطلق تجاه جازان (machine translation)
- Breaking: Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward Jazan.عاجل | قوات الدفاع الجوي تعترض صاروخا باليستيا أطلقته ميليشيا الحوثي باتجاه #جازان. #الإخبارية #المملكة (machine translation)
“Breaking: Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward Jazan.”
- Saudi Arabia’s air defense intercepts Houthi ballistic missile fired towards Jazan
“- Earlier this week, Saudi air defenses shot down a previous ballistic missile attack by the Houthis - The incident happened hours after the coalition warned of a “painful” response if the Houthis mounted new attacks on…”
- Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward Jazan.قوات الدفاع الجوي تعترض صاروخا باليستيا أطلقته ميليشيا الحوثي باتجاه #جازان. #قناة_السعودية #المملكة (machine translation)
“Air Defense Forces intercept a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward Jazan.”
- Breaking: Coalition spokesman: The ballistic missile launched by the Houthi toward Jazan targeted civilian and populated areas.عاجل | متحدث #التحالف: الصاروخ البالستي الذي أطلقه الحوثي باتجاه #جازان استهدف المناطق المدنية والآهلة بالسكان. #الإخبارية #اليمن #المملكة (machine translation)
“Breaking: Coalition spokesman: The ballistic missile launched by the Houthi toward Jazan targeted civilian and populated areas. https://t.co/z9bdCs5U1I”
- Interception of a Houthi ballistic missile that targeted Jazanاعتراض «باليستي» حوثي استهدف جازان (machine translation)
“The official spokesman for the Coalition forces supporting legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, stated that at exactly ten minutes past ten this morning (Friday), the Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces detected the launch of a ballistic missile by the militia…”
- Houthi ballistic interception in the skies of Jazanاعتراض باليستي حوثي في سماء جازان (machine translation)
“The Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces intercepted, yesterday morning, a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militias from inside Yemeni territory, in Saada governorate, deliberately to target populated civilian areas in the territory…”
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